Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Shancough (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shancough (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 54.09557, -8.27049
- SMR number
- SL035-052002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a NE-facing slope, 31.5m NNE of Shancough church (SL035-052001-) and within the NE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL035-052004-). A lintelled opening (Wth 1.2m; H 0.75m) reveals a stone-lined passage (L 4.5m; max. H 1.25m) roofed with lintels. The passage extends in a SW direction towards the church and terminates where blocked by collapsed earth. A second souterrain (SL035-052005-) lies c. 50m WNW of the church.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.